Henrik Persson <nix@syndicalist.net> wrote:> boxes. It is up and running without any problems and then suddently i> get this in the syslog:> Mar 6 20:29:42 eurisco kernel: hdf: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x61> And a few seconds later the system has frozen and I have to reset the

I suspect it having something to do with 2.4.25 new "One lastread after the timeout" in ide-iops.c and accessing the drivewhile selftest running (possibly especially short selftest).Here, daily at 01:00 smartmontools runs smart short selftestsand a bit later the machine hangs.Today, I disabled that job and the machine stays stable.

> error another device, but it's allways a device on the promise> controller, fails.